“Bring them here to Me,” He says to the disciples, and they bring Him five loaves of bread and two fish. } He did stumble a few times, such as when Jesus was arrested and Peter denied even knowing Jesus. On earth water quenches our natural thirst and cleanses our physical bodies. 48 And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them: 49 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; 50 for they all saw him, and were troubled. The episode occurs shortly after another miracle, the feeding of the 5,000. Darkness had fallen, and the disciples were on their way back to Capernaum.

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In fact, they take an active part in the miracle, for they are the ones who bring the bread and fish to Jesus, and they are the ones who feed the multitude.

This time, however, they have a very different role. What is the significance of Jesus calming the storm? Like Jesus, “we are moved with compassion.”In the evening, the disciples come to Him and tell Him that it is time to send the multitudes away: “This is a deserted place and the hour is late,” they say. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. {

As it is written, “When Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod” (14:6).

They were never out of His sight. The young lady accepts Herod’s offer, and, at her mother’s prompting, she says, “Give me John the Baptist’s head, here on a platter” (14:8).

Then they witnessed Jesus walking toward them across the surface of the water, and their fear turned to terror because they believed they were seeing a ghost.

For a moment, buoyed by the belief in Jesus, it works.

It is I; do not be afraid’” (verse 27).

We can’t work this faith up, but we can ask God for it and exercise it by always doing what God says. In the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes we see the miraculous manifestation of this truth.Many people see and acknowledge the workings of the Divine in the proliferation of seed into abundant harvest, and in the way the rivers and oceans continually replenish themselves. Or did it have some deeper meaning? Most often, this kind of duality represents the two essential aspects of divinity: goodness (“bread”) and truth (“fish”). And His disciples coming, took the body, and buried it, and came and reported [it] to Jesus.---The religious leaders are not the only ones who refuse to accept Jesus’ divinity. “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”, Hundreds of Pages with Christian Articles, Studies and Resources, Gospel of John CommentaryBook, Kindle, Nook, iTunes. In the commentary for that episode it was pointed out that the phrase “the hem of His garment” represents the most external aspects of the Word — the literal sense. But He is not concerned because He has a greater plan in mind. 53 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. Though He had every reason to mourn and spend some time alone, the needs of the multitude touch Him, and He is moved with compassion. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version (© 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.).

Now, darkness had fallen, and they were rowing back across the sea.Verse 19: " When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw

[1] The fact that the John account also lacks this detail suggests that this account of "St. Peter's venture" [7] is a redactional addition by Matthew. If there is any wavering, any thought that they can succeed without Him, they will falter and fail.In this next episode, Jesus demonstrates this truth in a most graphic way. He said that trials help prove “the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold” (1 Peter 1:7). To show His disciples that the very thing they feared, the raging, seething sea, was merely a set of steps for Him to come to them.

At that time Jesus was with them in the boat, seemingly asleep. var oOtherLangLink = document.getElementsByName("OtherLangLink"); And she, being pressed by her mother, declared, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”9. Then they that were in the ship came and worshippedworshipped him, saying, Of a truthtruth thou art the Son of GodSon of God. After Jesus entered the ship, the wind ceased, and they arrived at land. [14] Cook and Evans note that the "Lord Save me" cry of Peter is similar to Matthew 8:25 and Mark 4:38 in the calming the storm episode and again emphasizes the reliance of the disciples on Jesus.

And when he had sent the multitudesmultitudes away, he went up into a mountaininto a mountain apart to praypray: and when the evening was come, he was there alonealone. True Christian Religion 126: “In temptation it looks as if a person is left alone, but this is not so, since God is then most closely present with a person, in the deepest recesses of a person’s spirit, secretly providing support.”6.

© Copyright 2006-2020 Trusting-in-Jesus.com. Jesus cared about them deeply. [15], Scholars such as Ulrich Luz and separately Dale Allison view the pericope as instrumental in asserting the divinity of Jesus among early Christians.

This is to imprison John the Baptist.